It's been quite awhile since I got my GED, but maybe this will be a little helpful. I dropped out in 10th grade. I never went to any of the GED classes. They were not mandatory. I just went and took the pretest. I passed. They gave me a 'waiver' so I wouldn't have to pay for the actual GED test. Then I scheduled an appointment and passed the actual test. Of course, I took it in Ohio so I don't know if it's different in California. To this day, no one has ever asked to see it.
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Questions about a GED
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I don't know how it still is here, but I took mine about 12 years ago. It was pretty easy for me. I also dropped out in 10th grade, and I passed most of the sections with 90% or more. (I think I only got 70 something in math). If a person is acing tests in high school without doing the work, they can ace the GED exam. Also, it is compared/graded nationally so, it doesn't matter what state your in.Talk to the high school that your in. They SHOULD have some knowledge of how to go about it. They usually deal with teen pregnancies by "alternative" education, GED's being one alternative.
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I was a little bastard during my school age.The school refused to give me my diploma till I paid off all damages to teh school I had caused.Fuck you I said, I paid 25 bucks and took a test and passed with no prep work and got my GED.know what? once people learn its a GED they do not tkae you seriously. its the same thing, but not really...I got a shitty job making shitty money and paid off the school, they then released my diploma to me.I have an actual HS diploma and a GED, I never claim that GED. I had all my credits I had my diploma on time with my calss, but was not allowed to get it because of the money I owed to the school. Noone gives a fuck about a GED, only a diploma.after a summer of working under the table doing yard work and shit and working a full time shitty ass job at night to pay my bills they were paid and with in a month of paying them off so I could have my diploma I was 18 and making 40k a year..still a shitty shitty job, but the pay was atleast good.being 18 in 1989 and making 40 grand a year at the time was the next best thing to being rich. I would of never been considered for that job with out the diploma.I also had to take a fucking 3 hour test to apply for that job. I worked my ass off every minute of a 12 hour shift and got new burns and scars each time I walked into the plant, but I stuck it out and got paid what was then a good deal of money, on a job that woudlnt even consider you for a shitty ass job at the plant with out HS diploma.Maybe its different now, maybe its not, I dont know, but if I had the chance to choose a standard diploma or a GED, Id take the time and work to get the diploma.
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I agree! If someone will!It got me into college though, and with college on my resume, they don't care about the GED part. Hmmm...thinking about it, it seemed to matter more before I got to college.Lil'bit's dad did neither. He works in a rock quarry and after 10 years isn't making much. Let's see. His paystubs he submitted...39k a year. It is really quite sad, because he is smart, just not motivated. (if one can have those inequalities in there being!)
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Once you have a degree, noone gives a shit about a GED because you followed it up, they dont even ask if its a GED or a diploma, that college blanks all that shit out.The problem is living while you finish college.Julie went tha route, got the GED then college, she did it at 31 years of age to boot.as soon as she had that college shit done and a degree, noone gave a rats ass about the past, only that she had a degree. She was married, stayed at home and made shti money working at a fast food place, so she was OK, when I started dating her she was working for MSN, lucked out and got on for them, doing tech support at 8 bucks and hour and was smart enough to catch on and work her way up to the top tier. After she moved in with me she started college, and now turns down jobs in her field on a weekly basis, its all about that in between time, and that you actually can pass the GED test and that you can actually have the nerve and drive to follow through and get that degree from an accreditied school.IF you were young again pepsi, knowing what you know now, would you drop out of school and get teh GED and try life that way or have finished school and gone on to college after that?IF your an adult and no way to go back and get that HSdiploma, a GED is well worth the time to get, but it shoudlnt be the first option if your still in school and young and have a whole life ahead of you to get through as well as possible.My argument is against kids dropping out and taking the GED instead of finishing school.The other day I was bitching at my 17 year old son about how he needs to grow up, he told me that your young once and stay old long. Hes right, and thats where Im focused in this little debate.life is a long miserable mother fucker if you dont have the right tools. if your still young and can that diploma, that is the oly way to go. and a GED is pretty much worthless if its not immediatly followed with a degree from atleast a decent school.Once you hit college even that matters, a trade school vs a college educated student the trade school guy will nearly always loose.he may of been better educated and studied only the chosen field, maybe even be the best canidate all the way around but that trade school degree will hold him back when he applies for the same job as someone that went to a standard college and stuck out the time to get the degree.Its nto fair, but it is how life is.
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My mother was forced out of school when she was 15 because she got pregnant. She went back years later, I was around 5 years old so she would have been 31 I think and got her GED. Sadly people did look down on her for only having a GED and got turned down for many jobs simply because it was a GED, not a true HS diploma. Once she went back to school and got a degree in accounting things did get better for her and she now runs a really nice medical office.Point being education means everything. If you have the option to stick it out and get your HS diploma, DO IT! You're what 16-17 years old... it's only1-2 years, you can handle it! And it’s worth it!!As for your dream of flipping houses GOOD LUCK! I am not one to down anyone’s dream, but you are talking about something over 90% of people fail at and end up seriously in debt. Plus have you looked at the state of housing right now? It’s right down horrible!! Foreclosures galore not to mention people are simply NOT buying houses right now. I just think you need to give it more thought. Just because you have a plan, simply does not mean you succeed.
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Lets not forget that if cash is your only motivation your bound to fail from the get go.I'd rather make little money and at least have a job I enjoy.. or shit I'm going into law myself which is a very crowded field after i get a degree from college.. I'd rather go into a crowded field knowing its gunna be hard to get a job but, at least knowing I can excell in it then to pick a job which is a gamble at making alot of money..then again I also plan on seriously studing programming on my own free time and that might be able to be a back up XD. You can get certified in programming without classes.My point is you can never learn enough or have enough options open. Why kill one option just becasue your lazy? Hell my brother is a prodigy with computers, if he wanted to he could have learned c++ by now I am sure and he is 14.. but, he is stickin to school I assure you.
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Originally Posted By: GrownPastMyYearsas far as high school goes, my classes are boring, and i know/can figure out easily everything there talking about... my english teacher suggested i take honors classes, but i just dont want to goto school, i feel that im wasting my time when i can be preparing myself for the real estate "mission" im going to go on...The way I see it, you're bored because you're not taking honors/advanced classes. As you said, the classes are too easy. Doing something that's a challenge to some degree is a lot less boring than doing the easiest stuff, and it is majorly beneficial in the long run. As a Junior this year, I'm in IB classes all of the way, which are very advanced classes. Even then, I don't have to try too hard overall, but imagine if I had to take the regular classes, which would be the most boring things I could take. Heck, most of my classes (if not all) are at least as hard as college courses. You should try doing honors classes, because there will be a challenge, making it easier to get through school, since you'll be a lot less bored of your classes.
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Although I doubt this changes much.. It was on the news today. Apparently ALOT of people have been trying to get rich flippping houses.. gotten 2 mill in debt.Flipping houses is far from a stable lifestyle. IF if you ever have a kid... which you may or may not plan on but, it can STILL happen... And your gunna have a child relying on unstable income.Plus lets not forget the whole issue of the unstable market. One problem is tha one guy actually made 30 thou on his first house.. bought 8 more.. and then the market flopped.If you had some other source of income and you wanted to flip houses I'd say go for it. IF you can afford to pay for the house and your not relying on instantly selling it.. Meaning you can afford to wait for the market to pick up. By all means go for it. As secondary income you would probably get even more benefit.. it would be even more work. But, my point is.. as a primary source of income your gambling..
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My dad used to have a friend who did flipped houses. When the market got shitty, he somehow got screwed over and started fucking a lot of people over. He stole a couple grand from my dad, as well as practically half a million from my dad's friend, who had been in a joint business thing with him. Been quite a few years and they still haven't caught him. And even if they did, that money won't come back, it's gone. Though this isn't really related, the fact that the market is so unreliable right now can cause a lot of stress. It's sort of like gambling.
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The TV shows make it all sound so easy and glamorous. Plus all those makeover shows where they redesign a room for $500 bucks and 1-2 days work.. My ass... I'll bet they have a crew to help, lots of tools and know-how. It's all so easy!!! I've done enough home rework/remodeling to know that it's never that quick and easy.
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Don't most of them have something that goes wrong? I wouldn't be surprised if they put stuff in there like that just to make it more interesting, and already know how to fix it. And I've never seen garage sales work that well in real life, so they might end up paying for a bunch of the stuff for less than it's worth, then selling it for a profit.
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Yeah... I am willing to bet most of what "goes wrong" in the show is staged.. In real life most of what goes wrong is because lack of experience and "beginners bad luck" however, I am not saying once your experienced you don't have bad luck or things go wrong.Also I would say flipping houses is excately like gambling.. (the only exception I would make to this is if you have enough money to buy the house and you can afford to wait a year or more to play the house market like the stock market)
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Although, playing the stock market is also like gambling. My dad lost out on roughly 8 million dollars in stock because he waited too long for it to go higher, thus making him not retire when he wanted to. He wanted to be retired by 50, but that's 3 months from now and it's not looking like he'll be able to. He's also looking into joining in a new startup company which will give less pay, but is a short-term thing with the focus of being bought out in a few years for the ideas. He doesn't like where his company is going currently and how well it's stocks are doing, even though he's one of the top programmers and has a very good salary (roughly 100k after taxes, including bonuses) and has the opportunity to have lots of Holiday time, even taking days without pay. I can't help but think we wouldn't be in this situation of him not being able to retire sooner if it weren't for my mom spending so much money. Oh well... More rambling and more staying up later, damnit, stoppit me >.>
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Your dad needed 8 MILLION DOLLARS to retire??? Isn't that a little bit excessive (I guess I do live in Nebraska, where the cost of living is pretty cheap... But still....)
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You dont know what his current life style is, he could well be paying out 1 million a year in loans and houses and cars. besides he didnt say he needed 8 mil to retire, he siad he fucked up on stocks and didnt get the 8 mil he would of had be acted sooner, and that 8 mil would of allowed him to retire now.If I had 8 mil Id certainly fucking retire, and at the age of 36.
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Originally Posted By: GrvtykllrIf I had 8 mil Id certainly fucking retire, and at the age of 36. Damned skippy!Hell give me 1mil and I can make it work!
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I couldnt do it on 1 mil, but Id have a hell of a vacation to amsterdam for a month on that.between airfare, motels, and smoking pot ecery waking second the entire time I was there, plus venturing out to see germany (shit its just to close to pass up) and running a rented car down the autobahn, I could easily blow a mil in a month over there.
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I live a very easily lifestyle, I think I could really make it work.Anyone have a million and wanna try me????? LoL
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I have an easy lifestyle as well, its jsut really expensive I havnet needed a mil a year yet in my life, bu Im thinking I could blow a mil in a month if I could get it donated to me just to blow